Pronunciation : Prig
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [A modification of prick.]
Definition : Defn: To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Prig
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
2. Etym: [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.]
Defn: To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Prig
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913